Name: Verticals
Uploaded: 2021
Description: Explore the personal history of a winery or winemaker through vintages of wine that defined them.

Explore the personal history of a winery or winemaker through vintages of wine that defined them.

This series explores the personal history of a winery or winemaker through defining vintages, turning each bottle into a record of legacy, risk, and craft. From multigenerational family traditions to the hard choices behind a lasting reputation, each story offers a richer way to understand wine and the people who devote their lives to it. Sign up to watch these histories unfold vintage by vintage.

Generations of winemakers reveal family history through the bottles that shaped it.

Spanning five winemaking generations in Sonoma, this family still works with vines from the 1800s on one of the steepest grade unterraced vineyards in the United States. Opening one of the oldest Zinfandels still existing in California, this family stays close through work and camaraderie.

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Spanning five winemaking generations, this Sonoma family works with vines from the 1800s.

Martinelli

One of Napa’s most historic and respected wineries kept their style of winemaking the same when everyone else changed. Mayacamas is extremely difficult to get an appointment, but we take you into a never-before-seen look across the winery and property, including the hidden caves from Prohibition.

One of Napa’s most historic wineries kept their winemaking style when everyone else changed.